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Physics Pacing Guide
2011-2012
Time
Frame
MP1
Topic
Va. Standard of Learning (2010)
. Introduction/Math Review (2 weeks)
 Lab Safety
 Algebra Review
 Conversions
 SOH CAH TOA
PH.1, PH.2, PH.3, PH.4
. Linear Motion
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PH.1, PH.2 a,b,c,d, PH.3, PH.5 a, PH.4)
(4 weeks)
Distance vs. Displacement
Speed and Velocity
Acceleration
Constant Acceleration
Freefall
Graphing (Position vs. Time
and Velocity vs. Time)
Vectors/ Projectile Motion (3 weeks)
 Graphical Addition of
Perpendicular Vectors
 Graphical Addition of Vectors
at any Angle
 Analytical Addition of
Perpendicular Vectors
 Analytical Addition of Vectors
at any Angle (HONORS)
 Horizontally launched
projectiles
 Launched from any angle
projectile (HONORS)
PH.1, PH.2 e, PH.3, PH.4, PH.5 c
Core Lab
Speed and Acceleration Lab
Fundamental Concepts:
1. Speed is the change in distance per unit
time
2. Acceleration is the change in speed per
unit time
3. The slope of the distance vs. time graph
is speed
4. The slope of the velocity vs. time graph
is acceleration
Possible Labs:
1. Walking Speed and Acceleration
Projectile Lab
Fundamental Concepts
1. The horizontal speed of a
projectile is constant in the
absence of air friction
2. The vertical speed of a projectile
accelerates at the rate of
acceleration due to gravity in the
absence of air friction
3. The vertical and horizontal speeds are
independent of each other
Possible Labs:
1. Ball and Cup
2. Glencoe 7.2 Ball and Cup Lab
MP2
Newton’s Laws
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of Motion (5 weeks)
Free-Body Diagrams
Net Force
Static/Kinetic Friction
Incline Planes (HONORS)
Uniform Circular Motion
Newton’s Law of Universal
Gravitation
PH.1, PH.3, PH.4, PH.5 b,d,e,f, PH.10 a
PH.1, PH.3, PH.4, PH.5 g, PH.6 a, PH.7
5. Work, Power and Energy (3 weeks)
 Work
 Power
 Kinetic Energy
 Gravitational Potential Energy
 Conservation of Energy
1 week for exam for county
assessment, review, and 1st semester
exam
F=ma Lab
Fundamental Concepts
1. Acceleration of an object is
directly proportional to the net
force applied to that object.
2. Given a constant net force, the
acceleration is inversely
proportional to the mass of the
object
Possible Labs
1. PASCO F=ma Lab
2. Glencoe lab
Pendulum Lab
Fundamental Concepts
1. The period of a pendulum is dependent
of the length of the string and independent
of the mass and small amplitudes
Possible Labs
1. Pendulum SHM Lab
Conservation of Energy Lab
Fundamental Concepts
1. Energy cannot be created or
destroyed but can be converted
into one form or another.
Possible Labs
1. PASCO Conservation of Energy Lab
MP3
6. Momentum
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Impulse
Conservation of Momentum
Elastic and Inelastic Collisions
7. Electricity and Magnetism (7 weeks)
 Static Electricity
o Induction
o Conduction
o Coulomb’s Law
o Fields
 Current Electricity
o Series vs. Parallel
Circuits
o Compound Circuits
(Honors)
o Voltage
o Current
o Resistance
o Ohm’s Law
 Magnetism (CP – Concepts,
Honors – Math)
o Forces and Fields
o Electromagnetism
PH.1, PH.3, PH.4, PH.6 b
PH.1, PH.3, PH.4
PH.1, PH.3, PH.4, PH. 6 c, PH.10 b, PH.11
PH.1, PH.3, PH.4
Momentum Lab
Fundamental Concepts
1. Given a closed system with no
outside forces, momentum is
conserved in collisions
Possible Labs
1. Collision of 2D – Conservation of
Momentum Lab
2. PASCO Momentum Lab
(http://www.pasco.com/experimen
ts/physics/february_2003/home.ht
ml)
3. Explosion Labs
Ohm’s Law and Circuits Lab
Fundamental Concepts
1. Given a constant resistance,
voltage is directly proportional to
the current flowing through an
object
2. Objects wired in parallel have
equivalent voltages
3. Objects wired in series have
equivalent current
Possible Labs
1. Glencoe Lab 22.1 Ohm’s Law
2. Henrico County Electric Circuits Lab
MP4
Waves and Sound (4 weeks)
Simple Harmonic Motion (pendulum)
 Properties and Characteristics
of Waves
o Amplitude
o Wavelength
o Frequency
o Wave Speed
 Wave Behavior
o Diffraction
o Refraction
o Reflection
o Interference
 Longitudinal and Transverse
Waves
 Doppler (conceptual)
 Standing Waves
 Resonance
Light/Optics
3 weeks
PH.1, PH.3, PH.4, PH.8 a,b,c
PH.1, PH.3, PH.4, PH.8c, PH.9, 2003
PH.11)
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Lenses
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Mirrors
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Converging
Diverging
Concave
Convex
Refraction
Reflection
Optics Lab
Fundamental Concepts
1. Real Image is an image formed
within the optical device and that
shows up on a screen
2. Virtual Image is an image
formed within the optical device
and the light rays do not converge
at the point at which the virtual
image is created
3. 1/f = 1/di + 1/do
Possible Labs
1. Glencoe Optics lab 18.1 and 18.2
EXTRA / SHORT TOPICS OF INTEREST
The following topics are ones which are not
necessary but may be used in addition to the
standard curriculum as time permits or at
teacher discretion.
1.States of
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Matter
Pressure
Pascal’s Principle
Bernoulli’s Principle
Archimedes’ Principle
2. Modern Physics
 Relativity
 Nuclear Physics
 String Theory
 Particle Physics
 Solid-State Physics
 Superconductivity
 Astrophysics
PH.1, PH.3, PH.4, 2003 PH.7
PH.1, PH.3, PH.4, PH.12
3. Circular Motion
 Banked Curves (HONORS)
 Kepler’s Laws of Planetary
Motion
4. Rotational Motion (HONORS)
5. Sound
Physics of Music
PH.1, PH.3, PH.4, PH.8 c